Description: A moderately attractive man, he typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is short and red. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Bertram was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing his hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Lance isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This man is very fat, and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears just a blue suit. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Shava was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his purple hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are silver.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Body Guard. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Lorm lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Insane, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 cp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has styled his blue crest well, parting it to the right. His ears are large.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Insane. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is physically well-built. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Naamah liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dalaba grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Dalaba was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 50 gp. Hematite (15 gp). 1 Average lock.